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After failed attempt to cancel concert, Boston University students protest Robin Thicke performance

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Robin Thicke performs at Robin Thicke in Concert on Thursday, February 27, 2014 in Fairfax, VA. On Tuesday night, a group of about 20 Boston University students protested outside of Thicke's concert at Agganis Arena in Boston. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Invision/AP)

After a group of Boston University students failed to convince officials to cancel Tuesday's Robin Thicke concert at Agganis Arena, some staged a protest outside of the venue to express their disapproval of the message they argue Thicke sends in his hit song "Blurred Lines."

Although Agganis Arena is on the university's campus, school officials told Boston.com the administration played no role in booking it.

As of Wednesday morning, the Change.org petition started by student group the Humanists of Boston University had about 3,000 signatures in support of the plea to cancel the concert. The petition read: "Having Thicke perform is a political statement that is out of touch with the realities of sexual violence and Boston University's own history. Thicke's hit song 'Blurred Lines' celebrates having sex with women against their will. Lyrics such as, 'I know you want it,' explicitly use non-consensual language."

Humanists of Boston University President Patrick Johnson encouraged others to use the Twitter hashtag #ThickeatBU to express why they don't support Thicke's concert at BU.

The event comes amid a renewed focus on rape and sexual assault on college campuses following a call to action by earlier this year by President Barack Obama.

In January, Obama created a task force to focus on preventing sexual assaults on university campuses, citing a report by the White House Council on Women and Girls White House Council on Women and Girls showing that one in five women experience sexual assault or rape in her lifetime, and rape is most common on school campuses.